📍 16495 15th Street, Dahlgren, King George County, 22448
Potomac Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dahlgren, King George County. The school has 533 pupils enrolled. It is part of the King George County Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 69% of students are proficient in reading. 60% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Potomac Elementary enrolls 533 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 14% Black or African American and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 343 | 64% |
| Black or African American | 73 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 69 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 8.3% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
158 of the school's 533 students (30%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 145 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Potomac Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-70, state senate district 28, state house district 99.
Potomac Elementary is one of 5 schools in King George County Public Schools, based in King George, Virginia. The district serves 4,591 students district-wide and employs 306 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 533 students, Potomac Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 918 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant